How IT Started?

Formulate and implement policies and guidelines as appropriate for the Education and Social development of People with Disabilities.

To prepare schemes designed to promote social welfare of Persons with disabilities and estimate of cost of implementing such schemes.

To promote and uplift the general social well-being of Persons with Disabilities by encouraging the public to change their attitude towards them.

To make available not less than 5% of the workforce to qualified People with Disabilities.

To enlighten the public and encourage people with disabilities.

To collect data and records on education of people living with disabilities, which shall be a regular exercise so that persons with disabilities are identified and enumerated for planning and treatment.

To ensure the monitoring, evaluation and realization of Osun State government policy objectives on people with disabilities.

To facilitate the procurement of scholarship award for people with Disabilities up to university level.

Establish and promote inclusive schools, vocational and rehabilitation centers for the development of people with disabilities.

Liaise with the public and private sectors and other bodies to ensure that the peculiar interest of persons with disabilities are taken into consideration in every government policy program/activity.

Issue insignia of identification of people with disabilities.

Also in collaboration with other relevant agencies and professional bodies in the building industry, enforce compliance of public buildings codes and impose necessary sanctions and make appropriate orders.

To receive complaints of people with Disabilities on violation of their rights.

Support individuals’ right to seek redress in court, investigation prosecution or sanctioning in appropriate cases, the violation of the provision of this act.

To ensure research, development and education on disabilities issues and disabled people.

To collaborate with the media to make information available is accessible format for people living with disability.

To procure assistive device for all disability types.